On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 16:32 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "someone" == someone <plu...@robinson-west.com> writes:
>
> someone> By the way, I can't get Perl's sort function to do the right thing
> someone> exactly either.
>
> someone> my @sorted_ips=sort {$a <=> $b} @ip_list;
>
> someone> This command sorts the first octet correctly, but not the second,
> someone> third, or fourth octets. The numbers are in binary format when sort
>
> someone> is run on them.
>
> What is "binary format"
>
> Show me what might be in $a and $b there, and what order you want them
> in.
I saw $a <=> $b described as magic on the web, I know nothing about it.
Binary format as in I went from a string to a binary number via:
Net::IP::ip_iptobin($ip_string,4);
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